Economic, political and social development of Russia in the 17th century

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Economic, political and social development
of Russia in the 17th century.

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The number of peasants was very large
The nobles became the most influential
class in Russia
RUSSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Urban population
Boyars and nobles
3%
Clergy
5%
~1%
A clear division into estates was firmly
fixed
The urban population grew at a very slow
rate
Peasants
91%

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City
Moscow
London
Population in 1600
Population in 1700
~80,000
~130,000
~200,000
~575,000
Paris
~220,000
~510,000
Amsterdam
~60,000
~235,000
Vienna
~50,000
~114,000

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• The First Manufactories appeared
• A new type of merchants with large capital appeared
• Development of production for markets led to
improving trade relations
• The surplus product increased due to the enslavement
of the peasants

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Emergence of
bourgeois
relations was
impossible